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Big Red

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Big Red
One from today.

Phil.

D300 sigma 500 1/1000th @ f5.6 iso400 HH

PP in Bibble & CS2.

:toast: :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on June 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Great lighting under the bird.
Pity the head wasn't just a bit more visible. Good one though.Cheers
John
Posted by Ian Macdermott on June 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Hi Phil,

got to agree with Johns comments re the head.

I have to say I would give my right testicle to get a shot as good :toast:







Ian
Posted by John Swift on June 24, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Firstly I'm going to commend you on the capture as I know just how fast these birds dive, secondly I'm a big fan of birds in flight against a background other than sky so these images pleases me on there too. However, I would agree with the previous comments about the head.

Regards

JohnS
Posted by Mike Andrews on June 25, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Most "bird in flight" shots are in the sky because that is where they are usually seen. Autofocus also works best aganst a clear/high contrast background. That's what makes this kind of shot even better. Well done :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on June 25, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Never said you were coming down this way!!!

Nice to see the foliage background and given how harsh the light was yesterday you've done well.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Kim Connolly on June 25, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Splendid shot.